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The form below searches a list of the Illinois newspaper titles on microfilm (with holdings) that are available through the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. All titles are available for use by visiting the library or through interlibrary loan.

For more information, see Newspaper Microfilm policies on this web site. Simply select the city that you are interested in and click Go! The contents have been saved in Word format. If you have any questions please contact Jan Perone of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library at (217) 785-7941 or by email at jan.perone@illinois.gov.

SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS.

[ ] Brackets around dates indicate an incomplete file; for itemized list of issues missing, see pages 94-138. Brackets around a title indicate a successor title for which no issues are held.
* First issue at that place, with that frequency, or under that title. In a few instances, preliminary issues preceded Volume I, No. 1; in others, the paper was suspended or moved away, then resumed.

X Last issue at that place, with that frequency, or under that title. In some cases, extras were issued after the end of regular publication.

= Changed to, or merged into, another frequency or title.

+ File continues to date and is being currently received.

? In list of missing issues, indicates that a regular publication date was missing, but numbering was consecutive (or fewer numbers than dates were missing). Following X in the main listing indicates that this was in all probability the final issue, but it is not certain.

LANGUAGES: Ch, Cherokee; Cr, Croatian; Cz, Czech; D, Danish; F, French; Fl, Flemish; G, German; Gr, Greek; It, Italian; J, Japanese; N, Norwegian; P, Polish; R, Russian; S, Swedish; SI, Slovenian; Sp, Spanish; Y, Yiddish. E (for English) is used only where necessary for clarity.

FREQUENCY:

bm bimonthly
bw biweekly
d daily
i irregular
m monthly
q quarterly
qw four times a week
sm semimonthly
sw semiweekly
tw triweekly
w weekly
Unless otherwise noted newspapers listed are weeklies.

MONTHS:

Ja January
F February
Mr March
Ap April
My May
Je June
Jl July
Ag August
S September
O October
N November
D December

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